Routledge Handbook of Ergonomics in Sport and Exercise

Section 1 - Muscular adaptation to sports and exercise 1. Resistance training and endurance performance: physiological adaptations and recommendations for performance enhancement 2. Respiratory muscle and breathing entrainment training for rowing 3. Neuromuscular adaptations in running 4. Biomechanical adaptation in ice hockey skating Section 2 - Environmental factors of injury and fatigue 5. Fatigue and injury in soccer 6. Environmental factors for fatigue and injury in ultra-endurance sports 7. Environmental factors for fatigue and injury in breath hold / SCUBA diving 8. Biomechanical and physiological study on adaptability to cold environment Section 3 - Environmental condition and sports performance 9. Effects of environmental conditions on performance in winter sports10. Applied ergonomics of cycling performance 11. Effects of environmental conditions on competitive swimming performance 12. The effects of environmental condition on performance in soccer Section 4 - Effects of load weight on body posture and performance 13. Effect of backpack types and loads on children's mediolateral spinal posture during stair walking 14. The effect of unilateral load carriage on the muscle activities of the trunk and lower limb of young healthy males during gait 15. Differences in physiology, biomechanics, and motor control of walking with backpack loads between children and adults 16. The effect of backpack load and gait speed on plantar force during treadmill walking Section 5 - Measurement in sports and exercise 17. Resistive force selection and upper body contraction dynamics: Relationships with anaerobic cycle ergometry performance 18. Measurement of power in mechanically braked cycle ergometers for performance evaluation 19. Metabolic testing